Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.

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Here is co[n]teyned the lyfe of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula a grete lorde of Italy an excellent connynge man in all sciences, [and] verteous of lyuynge with dyuers epystles [and] other werkes of ye sayd Iohan Picus full of grete science vertue [and] wysedome, whose lyfe [and] werkes bene worthy [and] dygne to be redde and often to be had in memorye.

Author

Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco, 1470-1533.

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[Enprynted at London :: In the Fletestrete at the sygne of the Sonne, by me Wynkyn de worde,

[ca. 1525]]

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Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494.

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Contents

• title page
• Unto his ryght entyerly beloued syster in chryst Ioyeuce Leygh Thomas more gretyng in our lorde.
• ¶The lyfe of Iohn̄ Picus Erle of Mirandula.
  • part
  • ¶Of his parentes and tyme of his byrth.
  • ¶Of the wondre that appered before his byrth.
  • Of his persone.
  • Of his settynge forthe to scole and study in humanyte.
  • Of his study in Canone.
  • Of his study in phylosophye & deuynyte.
  • Of his mynde and vayngloryouse dispicious of Rome.
  • ¶Of the chaunge of his lyfe.
  • ¶Of the fame of his vertue and the rsorte vnto hym therfore.
  • The burnyng of wanton bokes.
  • ¶Of his study and dilygence in holy scrypture.
  • ¶Of his lernynge vnyuersally.
  • ¶Fyue causes yt in so shorte tyme brought hym to se meruclouse connynge.
  • ¶Of his condycyons and his vertue.
  • Of the sale of his lordeshyppes and almysse.
  • ¶Of ye volūtary afflecciō & paynīg of his own body.
  • ¶Of his placabilite or benygne nature.
  • How he eschewed dygnites.
  • ¶Of the dispysynge of worldly glorye.
  • How moche he set more by deuceyon then connynge.
  • Of his liberalite & contempt of rychesse.
  • Of his louynge mynde & tu∣ouse behauour to his frēndes.
  • ¶what he hated & what he loued.
  • Of his feruent loue to god.
  • ¶Of his deth.
  • ¶Of his behauyour in the extremes of his lyfe.
  • How his deth was taken.
  • Of the state of his soule.
• ¶Here foloweth thre epistles of y• sayd Picus of which thre: two be wryten vnto Iohan Fraunsces his neuew / the thyrde vnto one Andrewe Corneus a noble man of Italy.
  • ¶The argument & mater of the fyrst epystle of Pi∣cus vnto his neuew Iohan Fraunsces.
  • Iohan Picus erle of Mirandula to Iohan Fraunsces his neuew by his brother helth in hym that is very helth.
  • The mater or argument of the epistle of Picus to Andrewe Corncus.
  • Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula to Andrewe Corneus gretynge.
  • The argument of the epystle folowynge.
  • Iohan Pic{us} erle of Myrandula to Fraū∣sces his neuew gretynge in our lorde.
• ¶The interpretacion of Iohan Pic{us} vpon this psalme Conserua me domine.
• ¶Here begyn .xij. rules of Iohan Picus erle of Myrandula partely excytyng partely dy∣tectynge a man in spyrytuall batayle.
  • rule - 1
  • The seconde rule.
  • The thyrde rule.
  • The fourth rule.
  • The fyft rule.
  • The syxte rule.
  • The .vii. rule
  • The viii. rule
  • The .x. rule.
  • The .xj. rule.
  • The .xij. rule.
• list
  • The pleasure lytle and short
  • The folowers gryefe & heuynes
  • The losse of a better thyng.
  • This lyfe a dreme and a shadow
  • Deth at our hand and vnware
  • Fere of impenitent departynge
  • Eternall rewarde eternall payne
  • The nature and dygnite of man
  • The peace of a good mynde.
  • The grete benefyces of god.
  • The paynfull crosse of chryst.
  • The wytnes of martyrs & example of sayntes
• The .xij. {pro}pertees or cōdicyons of a louer
  • item - 1
  • The seconde properte.
  • The thyrde properte.
  • The fourth properte.
  • The fyft properte.
  • The .vi. properte.
  • The .vii. properte
  • The .viii. properte
  • The .ix. properte.
  • The .x. properte
  • The .xi. properte.
  • The .xii. properte.
• ¶A prayer of Picus Mirandula vnto god
• colophon